A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that armed forces medical benefits should cover abortion costs only when a mother's life is at risk, a decision that the judges acknowledged was "callous and unfeeling."
The ruling by a three-judge panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals came in the case of a sailor's wife whose fetus had a fatal birth defect. She had an abortion five months into her pregnancy, but coverage for the procedure was denied.
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I'm surprised the military wouldn't cover the abortion. From a financial stand point, most insurance companies cover even elective abortions because the cost of that procedure is alot less then paying for the birthing process and the years of coverage the baby would require. The military was a ground breaker on racial issues. It upsets me to see them so far behind the times on other social issues.
